DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF PATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY

Abstract

Status epilepticus is a state of prolonged seizure or recurrent seizures, in the intervals between which the patient's condition does not return to baseline. It is the result of failure of mechanisms responsible for termination, or initiation of mechanisms leading to abnormally prolonged seizures after time point t1 (time of onset of treatment), which may have long-term consequences after milestone t2 (time of onset of long-term changes) involving neuronal death, neuronal damage, and reorganization of neuronal connections. Time parameters: tonic-clonic status epilepticus t1 - 5 min, t2 - 30 min, focal status epilepticus t1 - 10 min, t2 - more than 60 min, absence status t1 - 10 - 15 min, t2 - unknown.